, 40.149 (2006), 41.012
(2005), 42.65 (2004), 43.648 (2003)

Communications
Kyrgyzstan

Telephones - main lines in use:

482,100 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.152 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is growing;
fixed line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas
domestic: multiple mobile cellular service providers with growing
coverage; mobile cellular subscribership reached 40 per 100 persons
in 2007
international: country code - 996; connections with other CIS
countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other
countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway
switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 (1
Intersputnik, 1 Intelsat); connected internationally by the
Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 23, shortwave NA (2007)

Radios:

520,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

8 (2 countrywide and 6 regional stations; state-owned); note - there
are about 20 private TV stations, most of which rebroadcast other
channels (2007)

Televisions:

210,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.kg

Internet hosts:

56,905 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

NA

Internet users:

750,000 (2007)

Transportation
Kyrgyzstan

Airports:

30 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 18
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 10 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 254 km; oil 16 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 470 km
broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 18,500 km
paved: 16,909 km (includes 140 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,591 km (2003)

Waterways:

600 km (2007)

Ports and terminals:

Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)

Military
Kyrgyzstan

Military branches:

Army, Air Force, National Guard (2005)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for compulsory military service (2001)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,398,878
females age 16-49: 1,419,374 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,061,942
females age 16-49: 1,211,249 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age a